Town Hall - Bremen, Germany
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The Gothic building of the Town Hall of Bremen, Germany dates from between 1405 and 1410 and has a distinctive Weser Renaissance facade. In July 2004, the town hall was designated a UNESCO world heritage site.
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Location: Bremen, Germany
Date Posted: 07/25/2012
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The Gothic building of the Town Hall of Bremen, Germany dates from between 1405 and 1410 and has a distinctive Weser Renaissance facade. In July 2004, the town hall was designated a UNESCO world heritage site.
The architect of the Town Hall was Lüder von Bentheim.
The Town Hall is devided into the New and the Old Town Hall.
This is what wikipedia knows about the Town hall of Bremen:
'The city hall stands on the market square of the historic town centre. Directly in front of it is the statue of Roland, mentioned above. Opposite the square the Chamber of Commerce is located, to the right are Bremen Cathedral and the modern parliament building, whilst to the left is Our Lady's Church. On the west side of the square the sculpture The Town Musicians of Bremen by Gerhard Marcks is displayed.
The Bremer Schaffermahl is a traditional banquet held in the Town Hall annually.'
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This category is focused only to original Gothic architecture, not to pseudo-Gothic, neo-Gothic or Gothic Revival. You can not find this kind of architecture outside of "Old World", moreover this architecture appeared in ca XIIth century (early Gothic) and the last buildings are from cca XVIth (late Gothic) century...